| Main Entry: | confidence game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | con job |
Synonyms: |
Ponzi, bait-and-switch, boiler room, bunco game, bunko, con, con game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, racket, rip-off, shell game, skin game, sting, swindle |
| Main Entry: | deception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
Synonyms: |
artifice, bilk, bluff, catch, cheat, chicane, con, con game, confidence game, cover-up, crock, decoy, device, dodge, fallacy, fast one, fast shuffle, feint, fib, fraud, gimmick, hoax, hogwash, hustle, illusion, imposture, jive, lie, malarkey, mare's-nest, pretext, ride*, ruse, scam, sham, shift, shuck, snare, snow job, stall, sting, story, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, trick, whitewash, wile, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | grift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindle |
Synonyms: |
cheating, con game, confidence game, deceit, dirty pool, double-dealing, extortion, fix, fraud, racket, rip-off, scam, shady deal, shell game, stealing, sting, trickery |
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal activity |
Synonyms: |
cheating, con game, confidence game, conspiracy, corruption, crime, dirty pool, dishonesty, dodge, extortion, fraud, game, graft, illegality, illicit scheme, intrigue, lawlessness, lay, plot, push, scheme, shakedown, squeeze*, swindle, swindling, theft, trick, underworld |